Where do I start…well, maybe at the very beginning. A major problem with schools is the way they teach. We’re talking about a bunch of under-paid nobodies that are charged with one of the hardest and most important jobs in the world…teaching children. While this should be done by the parents, it’s extremely hard to do so in today’s world, and even the parents screw this whole teaching thing up really bad. Every child should be tested on various teaching techniques to discover what triggers their brain to want to pay attention, not put them on a drug to make them pay attention that’s for sure.
The problem here is not the learning or anything associated with the child, the problem is society. First of all, why does the child need to turn in homework? My dad would say that the whole point of school is to teach you to jump through hoops, I like to add to that and say that after you learn how to jump, then they put you in bigger classroom and make you wear a monkey suit.
Uber intelligent kids are constantly being shoved down and forced to do the same things as the mediocre. I bet that if we merely found those who weren’t fit for the monkey suit and seperated them from those that are, we’d have a lot more geniuses running around, and the geniuses that are out there would probably be even smarter I’d imagine.
If he’s getting good grades, then I’d say the problem is not with your son. I remember hating textbooks and having to sit all day long in that stupid classroom. I even remember saying to myself: “Man, if I could just go outside and sit around a while, look at some real stuff and feel the wind on my face…I’d be like freakin’ Isaac Newton, man.” As it turns out, I was entirely correct. It wasn’t long after I finally got out of the prison (school), that I actually gained an interest in learning…but I did it my way, no one elses. Of course, it also turns out that my particular skill is highly useless in a world that revolves around slave labor (if you don’t think you’re a slave, then try walking out of your workplace and telling your boss you’ll be back in a couple hours…and if you still have a job when you come back, then I guess you’re not a slave).
No, I’m not some ‘F the system’ or ‘the man’s just keepin us down’ sorta guy, I’m just someone who has the unique ability to observe what I see and call it what it is. Unlike some punk losers that think there’s some system in-place to keep them from being great, I actually understand what’s really going on and how there’s no way that any society could work differently and survive.
My real point is that your son isn’t to be taken lightly. I’d imagine that if there was a school that would simply through the textbooks out the window and teach him some real knowledge, not only would he be greatful, but he’d be able to find out what his true talents are. I actually cried a little when I found out that nothing I learned in school applied to the real world, and it hit me like a bucket of ice-water to the face.
I’ve got a lot more to say on this subject, but I’m stopingthis post here cause it’s way too long…sorry 'bout that.
